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How THE FARM PAYS. 



with the hay and other dry provender. Mangels, which are the 

 most valuable of all roots for this purpose, may be grown in any 

 part of the American Continent upon any fairly good farm land, 

 if only the necessary care is given in their cultivation. The 

 soil best adapted for them is a loose, friable loam, with a dry, 



LONG EED MAXGEL. 



loose subsoil, as deep culture is indispensable. The soil should 

 be plowed if necessary to the depth of ten inches, or the land 

 should be broken to that depth by following the plow with a subsoiler. 

 In all soils, excepting sufficiently deep, rich new land, well rotted 

 manure or compost should be used at the rate of twelve to twenty tons 



